Jesse James Goes Back to Court Over Daughter With Janine Lindemulder

Motorcycle builder/reality television star Jesse James was in an Orange County, California court last week, where a judge was to decide whether his ex-wife Janine Lindemulder is fit to share custody of their 5-year-old daughter, Sunny. James owns the West Coast Choppers motorcycle shop and stars in the Discovery Channel show, “Monster Garage.” Lindemulder is a former Penthouse model and porn star. She has recently been serving a federal prison term for tax evasion.

The judge ruled that, for the next sixty days, Lindemulder will get six hours of visitation every Sunday and may pick up and drop off the child from 10:00am-4:00p.m. She may take the child on trips to the park and does not have to be monitored. Presumably, the custody arrangement will be reviewed after sixty days. The next hearing is scheduled for December 7th 2009.

James was granted full custody of Sunny while Lindemulder served her six-month prison term. Lindemulder has more recently been residing in a Los Angeles halfway house. James took Sunny to visit Lindemulder several times after she moved to the halfway house this summer. He claims that Lindemulder demanded that he leave the little girl there for three hours during a September visit, then called and asked him to pick her up early.

In his court filings, James asked the court to conduct a review upon Lindemulder’s release from custody  to determine if their daughter will be safe during any custody/visitation time with Lindemulder.

In her court income declaration, a standard filing in family law cases, Lindemulder indicated that she works for Earl Miller Photography as a set designer. The company’s Web site carries a warning: “Contains explicit hardcore sexual images – minors under 18 (or under 21 where applicable) must leave now!”

At the hearing, James’ attorney raised concerns that Lindemulder had recently married someone she met at her halfway house. Her new husband has a criminal history including numerous felonies. His convictions include possession of a sawed-off shot gun, methamphetamine manufacture and possession, several DUIs, and driving without a license.

James and Lindemulder divorced in 2004, when Lindemulder was about eight months pregnant with their daughter. James married actress Sandra Bullock the next year.

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